This week marks the 3rd year anniversary of the #OccupyNigeria protests.
Nigerians were shocked when in the early hours of January 1, 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan announced the removal of subsidy from petroleum products. The president’s New Year announcement meant that PMS, which sold for N65 a litre – with subsidy –, would go for N141, more than a hundred per cent increase.

This action translated into more than one hundred per cent increase in fares, electricity, food, rents and virtually every all goods and services in Nigeria.
Nigerians won’t have that. Together with organised labour protests were held across the country.

The fuel subsidy removal affected and elongated my job search. As a fresh graduate i participated, but wasn’t entirely against fuel subsidy removal, no! Fuel subsidy removal was good on paper, my concerned was about the “safety” the money to be saved from subsidy removal. Hence, my placard read; “AS LONG AS CORRUPTION IS IDOLIZED, FUEL MUST BE SUBSIDIZED” Cool rhyme sey. #OccupyNigeria forever in our minds.

I was so broke that I couldn't even afford to buy a decent card board paper...Chai!!! May God bring the good times around again. Amen!!